Southeast Asia

Part I of Essay
Geographically, ’s composition of islands and peninsulas resembles many of the world’s most highly economically developed areas such as Great Britain, Japan, South Korea, Italy and Taiwan; nonetheless, most of lies in economic dispair. ’s tremendous ethnic diversity has h ....

Part II of Essay
.... and utilized the natives as a source of cheap labor. Consequently, when the Europeans ended their colonial reign over Southeast Asia, the countries in this realm were left with little or no industry of their own. When the colonial powers freed Southeast Asia they constructed borders that were not beneficial, or would have naturally occurred, in this realm. For instance, it is improbable that without colonial intervention the 13,000 islands of and many diverse ethnic groups that inhabit them would have grouped together to become the wo ....